Places to see in ( La Rioja - Spain ) Cenicero
Places to see in ( La Rioja - Spain ) Cenicero
Cenicero is a municipality in the autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. The municipality of Cenicero is the home of the world famous Bodegas Berberana winery, which lies close to the River Ebro.
Cenicero is an eminently agricultural municipality, where winemaking is the main product. Ashtray is situated on the right bank of the Ebro next to the Najerilla river . The land it occupies is constituted by natural terraces that lend themselves to the cultivation of the vine .
In a meander of the Ebro, bordered by the Najerílla, Cenicero rises between natural terraces full of vines and small orchards. Behind it, to the north, we can see the Sierra de Cantabria that separates the Ebro valley from the Alava plains . It is protected from the rains of the Bay of Biscay , but picks up its moisture, which makes the grapes develop formidably. Its limits are the Ebro river to the north, the Najerilla river to the west, a livestock gorge to the south separates it from Huércanos and Uruñuela , and east Fuenmayor and Navarrete .
t is located on the N-232 national highway that runs through the north of La Rioja and joins it with the capital, Logroño , which is 20 km away. The Ebro motorway ( AP-68 ) passes through the municipality and has its link in the vicinity of it. This route connects the city with the north and south of the peninsula.
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Places to see in ( La Rioja - Spain ) Briones
Places to see in ( La Rioja - Spain ) Briones
Briones is a village in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 37.72 square kilometres (14.56 sq mi) and as of 2011 had a population of 873 people. The name Briones comes from the Berones, ancient inhabitants of La Rioja, but, according to a lithic site from the Bronze Age found in the path of the Santos Mártires chapel, Briones had inhabitants before the Beroners. The Albedense Chronicle (c. 883) says that Alfonso I of Asturias cut down the village of Briones and six other municipalities.
Besides, the chronicle also mentions the famous expedition led by Alphonso I, king of Asturias all the way down the Ebro river in 740. In that chronicle, these destroyed villages are mentioned: Mirandam (now Miranda de Ebro), Revedencam, Carbonariam, Abeicam (Ábalos, where the expedition crossed the Ebro river), Brunes (this might be Briones but it is uncertain), Cinissariam (now Cenicero) and Alesanco.
Briones was under Saracen control until the late 9th century, and it belonged to King Ordoño II of León since the beginnings of the 10th century. Briones also belonged to the Castilla County, which had been repopulated with Basques and was a frontier between Castilla and Navarra. After Sancho el de Peñalén was murdered the 4th of June 1076, Alfonso VI took over La Rioja and Briones became part of the Haro's Signiory.
Fernando III named Don Diego López III de Haro, the monarch's nephew, first Lord of Briones. In 1240 Don Diego López rebelled against Fernando III and found shelter in Briones. The king enclosed the town and made him prisoner. Since then, Briones belonged to the crown. On the 18 January 1256, Alfonso X of Castile gave Briones the regional laws from Vitoria, as a guarantee of the Castillian repopulation. In 1293 Sancho IV gave Briones royal privilege. During the Basquisation in 1536 there were thirty Basque surnames in Briones.
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Santander Tourist Attractions: 10 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Santander? Check out our Santander Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Santander.
Top Places to visit in Santander:
Peninsula of Magdalena, Museo de Prehistoria y Arqueologia de Cantabria, Parque de Cabo Mayor, Playa Primera de El Sardinero, Playa de Matalenas, Palacio Real de La Magdalena, Playa del Camello, Monumento a Los Raqueros, Puerto Chico, Gran Casino Sardinero
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Cities in Rioja
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Trade no aid - The Chinese in Zambia
In Zambia, many years of Dutch development aid have delivered very little, says Bram Vermeulen. Do the Chinese do better now, under the motto 'trade, not aid'?
Mongu, een gebied in het uiterste westen van Zambia, werd wel de dertiende provincie van ons land genoemd. Vanaf de jaren zeventig van de vorige eeuw wemelde het er van de Nederlandse ontwikkelingswerkers die de beschaving wilden brengen naar dit natte, platte gebied. Bijvoorbeeld door een kanaal uit te baggeren, een klus ter waarde van tientallen miljoenen euro’s. Dat zou scheepvaart mogelijk maken en zo de hele economie een boost geven.
Met voormalig ontwikkelingswerker René Lourens kijkt Bram Vermeulen wat daarvan terecht is gekomen. Niet veel, blijkt al snel. Boten van Nederlandse scheepswerven liggen te roesten langs de kant van het al weer dichtgeslibde kanaal. Ze bespreken wat er misging, en waarom het falende project steeds weer verlengd werd. Dat is nu voorbij. De hulp is opgedroogd en in plaats van een ambassade met 45 man heeft Nederland alleen nog een klein consulaatje met drie medewerkers in Zambia.
In Mongu betreuren de mensen het einde van de Nederlandse hulp. Maar de ontwikkeling is er juist in een stroomversnelling gekomen. Chinezen bouwen een indrukwekkende brug, iets wat Nederlandse ingenieurs onmogelijk leek. Waarom kunnen die Chinezen dat wel, en wat zijn hun drijfveren eigenlijk? Hoewel een opzichter van de bouwactiviteiten vooral de vriendschap tussen China en Zambia wil benadrukken, schemert het echte antwoord er wel doorheen: handel.
The motto 'trade not aid', ie trade instead of aid, is on the rise. Also in Zambia. Bram speaks about this with Vice President Guy Scott. He agrees that a lot of development aid has been in vain, and that trade often makes more of a difference. But that does not apply in all areas, he says: the AIDS epidemic should never be brought under control with trade alone.
Former Dutch development workers, who came to Zambia as volunteers, now also see more benefit in trade for themselves. René Lourens is a consultant in animal husbandry and his friend Arie breeds beef cows. They are good farmers, and that is also better for Zambia, they say. 'I have created permanent employment as an entrepreneur.'
The question, of course, is why Zambians do not set up such a company themselves. They know the local culture better, so you might think that all sorts of thresholds are lower for them. Arie: 'What is lacking in this country is the capacity to plan. Thinking ahead, thinking about tomorrow. People are very busy with the day. That is a handicap. That sounds a bit colonial, says Bram. Well, says Arie. 'As an entrepreneur, I do it better. That's just obvious.
Zambian stores are thinly sown
Also in the shopping centers of the capital Lusaka shows that foreign companies the local entrepreneurs checking. Why are there almost no Zambian stores, Bram wants to know from a saleswoman in a clothing store that belongs to that rare category. Even though there are no products from our own soil on the shelves.
Trade may work better than help, but who is the most helped? The Zambians, or rather the foreign investors?
Episode 9. The hole of Mongu
Bram Vermeulen discovers that years of Dutch development aid have had little result in Zambia. Are the Chinese doing better with their motto of ‘trade, not aid’?
Director: Doke Romeijn and Stefanie de Brouwer
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CAIXA FORUM (MADRID)
El CaixaForum Madrid es un centro cultural, dedicado principalmente a exposiciones temporales, inaugurado en 2008.Se integra dentro del llamado Triángulo del Arte, en el Paseo del Prado de Madrid.
Es propiedad de La Caixa, la cual gestiona el museo a través de su fundación. Junto a éste, la Caixa también posee otros museos CaixaForum homólogos, repartidos por varios puntos de la geografía española: CaixaForum Barcelona, CaixaForum Lleida, CaixaForum Palma, CaixaForum Tarragona y CaixaForum Zaragoza.
La antigua Central eléctrica del mediodía se empezó a construir en el año 1900 a nombre del empresario José Batlle. El proyecto tenía por objeto la construcción de una fábrica de electricidad a partir de la combustión de carbón que debía abastecer de energía a todo el sector sur del casco antiguo de Madrid. La antigua central está delimitada por las calles Gobernador, Alameda, Cenicero y Almadén. La manzana tiene una superficie de 1.934 metros cuadrados y en ella se encuentran el edificio de la central y un patio que da a la calle Gobernador. De la antigua fábrica se conservan todavía la carbonera y los grandes depósitos de agua, necesarios para generar corriente continua.
Es uno de los escasos ejemplos de arquitectura industrial que persisten en el casco antiguo de Madrid (otros ejemplos son la subestación del Cerro de la Plata y la central eléctrica de Mazarredo). Una de las originalidades de la antigua central eléctrica del Mediodía es su resolución del remate de las fachadas principales.
Posteriormente, La Caixa adquirió el antiguo edificio y emprendió labores de reforma y remodelación completa del edificio para convertirlo en un museo-centro cultural, al cual llamó CaixaForum Madrid, en alusión al CaixaForum de características similares que había inaugurado unos años antes en Barcelona.